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Violent crime in the U.S. remains at a nearly 20-year low, but our murder rate is higher than many other industrialized nations. Find out which states have the highest murder rates, according to figures from the FBI's 2011 crime report.

THE AUNT OF A THREE YEAR OLD WHO WITNESSED HER FATHER'S MURDER IS TALKING EXCLUISVELY TO W-P-B-F 25 NEWS ABOUT HER CONERNS FOR THE CHILD. ARI HAIT IS LIVE IN JUPITER WITH HER STORY. 3 3 todd hirshorn/family friend - :49-52 - he was a great father. He spent a lot of time with his child.THE PICTURES CAN MAKE YOU SMILE AND BREAK YOUR HEART -- PATRICK WARD, 24 YEARS OLD, SO OBVIOUSLY ENAMORED WITH HIS FIANCE WENDY AND, MOST OF ALL, THEIR THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, JAHZARAH. gricelda vigil/jahzahrah's aunt - 11:27-32 - great father. He loved that little girl. With everything that was in him, he loved that little girl.todd hirshorn/family friend - :58-1:09 - his goal was to bring up his daughter, jahzarah, in a better way than he had been brought up.(04) it's sad that he didn't get a chance to do that.LAST WEEK, PATRICK AND JAHZARAH WERE TOGETHER IN THEIR HOME INSIDE THE FOREST HILLS GARDEN APARTMENTS WHEN SOMEONE BROKE IN AND SHOT PATRICK, KILLING HIM. THREE YEARS OLD -- JAHZARAH WATCHED THE WHOLE THING.gricelda vigil/jahzahrah's aunt - 13:49-03 - she keeps repeating that her daddy's gone. She keeps saying what happened to her daddy.nat typing?AND THAT'S WHERE TODD HIRSCHORN COMES IN -- A FAMILY FRIEND -- DEVASTATED BY PATRICK'S DEATH -- NOW STEPPING UP TO HELP.HE'S SET UP A PAGE AT A WEBSITE AT CALLED YOUCARING-DOT-COM. HE'S ALSO OPENED AN ACCOUNT AT WELLS FARGO -- TWO PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN DONATE MONEY TO HELP WENDY AND JAHZARAH. todd hirshorn/family friend - 4:58-5:05 - I can't just not do something. I've known these women for four or five years. AS THE NAME ON THE ACCOUNT SAYS, ALL THE MONEY COLLECTED WILL HELP JAHZARAH -- SOME OF IT WILL BE FOR DAILY EXPENSES, SOME TO HELP BURY HER FATHER. BUT MUCH OF IT WILL BE FOR COUNSELING.gricelda vigil/jahzahrah's aunt - 14:48-57 - she needs a counselor so she doesn't forget that her daddy loves her. So she doesn't remember that moment, that last moment where she saw her dad and what happened to him. 3